Calk for horseshoes.



F. SNYDER.

GALK FOR HORSESHOES.

APPLIGATION I'ILED MAY 31, 191::

1,1 14,925. Patented 0015.27, 1914.

INVEN T01? I TTORNEY aun CALK FOR HORSJEISHOES.

Specification otLetters Patent.

Part on led Oct. N d 1 U l 2.

Application filed May 31. 1913. Serial No. 770.928.

To all "iv/min it m 0 concern Be it known that I, FRANK SNYDER, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Indiana, county of Indiana, and State of Pennsylvania. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Calks tor Horseshoes, of

which theliollowing a specification.

This invention relates to horse shoes, the principal object being to provii'le a shoe equipped with calks which may be quickly and iasily attached to or detached from the shoe ot' a horse without necessity of the removal ot'the shoe from the hoof of the animal.

A further object of my invention is to pro vide a dcvic as above mentionul in which the calks may be applied to the shoe with the least possible danger of derangement, or

accidentally becoming detached therefrom,

and which is of such construction as to minimize the danger to the animal 'trom injury to its feet and legs from intert'eremre.

W'ith these objects in view together with others which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, my invention comprises a horse shoe provided at dil :terent points in its inner and outer periphcry with let in, or notched portions. :alks, means upon the calks cooperating with the notched portions upon the shoe to prevent displacement thereof, and means upon the (talks-for holding the same in position upon the shoe.

My invention further (.OlIlPliStS a device cha 'acterized as above, the :alhs being-attached to the shoe in such manner that no part of the calk will prir iei'rt bcyoml the periphery of the shoe to cut or bruise the feet or legs of the animal.

My invention further comprise. :1 device as above stated, til. arrangement of the all;

notches in the shoe, and the means of assembling the talk therein 1 ring such as to per- Iuit of the assemblage of the calk while the shoe is upon the foot of the. animal.

My invention further consists in the novcl arrangements and combinations ofparts. all as will be fully described hereinafter and )tllillfllltllly pointed out in the claima.

My invention will be more readily under- .stood with reference to the acconunmying drawings in which-- Figure l i. a bottom plan view of a. horse shoe constructed in ai'rcordance with my in vention and illustrating: the tulle: attached thereto,- Fig. 9 is an edge view of the same,

llig. fl is a detail perspective view of a portion of the horse shoe. the call; being removed thercl'rom, Fig. l is a detail perspective view of one of the (:alhs constructed in accordance with my invention. and Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken substantially upon the line .r--.i' of Fig. l.

liel'errinc; now more particularly to the drawings, l. represents generally a shoe ol the usual'shapc to lit the toot ot an animal, and which may be secured to the loot oi the animal in any preferred way, openings 2 being' in-ovidcd in the present instance for the reception of the usual nails or spikes.

In carrying out my invention l provid at. dill erent points in the outer periphery of the shoe, let, in, or notched portions 3, of compajratively shallow depth and ot sullicient width to accommodate the securing portion of the calk to be presently described. Upon the upper face of the shoe. that is, the face that will be positioned adjacent the foot of the animal, an inwardly extending notch portion -l is provided Forming a continuation ol the notch 21. Upon the upper surface of the shoe, adjacent the inner periphery there of is an oppositely extending notch or let in portion 5, similar to the notchest above mentioned. but substantially narrower. 'lhe "alts used in connection with a shoe of this coiistruction,comprise, as shown min-e clearly in Figs. '1- and 5, a body portion (S, of a design to suit the condition ot the ground, provided adja .-cnt the outer edges thereof with upwardly extending: portions 7. which are formed at their upper extremities with inwardly extending hook members R. The members 7 and H extend the Full width of the cal l: and a r adapted to fit within the n tched portions :5 and -l respectively ol" the shoe. flhe inner face of the (:llh' is llush with the inner face. of the .shoo and to secur ly hold the call; in position upon the shoe. a plate 9 is provided For attachment to the rcar ta o o'l the callt andadaplcd to cngan'e the inner l'ace of the shoe. The plate Si extends upardljr at ll) toward the upper Face of the shoe. and is provided with an inwardly cxtending hook member ll which rests in the recess or notch 5. Screw l2. provided with heads iii are secured to the call; 6 through ptml'oralions in the plate l) tor the purpose ol' scouring the said plate rigidly to ihc body portion ol lhocalli. :uil the said heads II. are provided with pi-rl'oraiion: llthr ugh which a wire or other llexiblc member li; hi

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passed and fastened to prevent rotation or displacement of the screws.

It will be obvious that in assembling the device thus constructed it will not be necessary to remove the shoe from the foot of the animal, as the hook member 8 of the body 6 may be readily inserted beneath the hoof of the animal in position within the notch 4-. The plate 9 may in a like manner be secured to the inner periphery of the shoe and the screws 12, properly assembled, will prevent the calk from becoming accidentally displaced. It will also be obvious that when the calk is assembled upon the shoe, the engagement of the hook members 8 and the upwardly extending portion 7, of the calk,

together with the hook portion 11 of the plate 9 against the adjacent .faces of the shoe, will prevent any movement of the calks longitudinally of the shoe. still further be seen that the arrangements of the notch portions 3 and at in the outer periphery of the shoe will permit of the outer face of the calks being positioned flush with the said outer periphery, and thereby minimize the danger of injury to the feet or legs of the animal from any outwardly extending portions of the calk. When a device is thus assembled and the screws 12 are positioned thereon to hold the plate 9 securely, the device will be prevented from becoming displaced by means of the member 15 threaded through the perforations 14 in the heads of the said screws 12, clearly shown in Fig. 4: of the drawings.

. I claim 1-. A horse shoe provided at inter ale in its upper face adjacent its inner and outer edges with inwardly extending recesses, the said recesses adjacent the outer edge being extended downwardly in the periphery to the under face of the said 'shoe, the side and inner walls of said recesses being disposed at right angles to the upper face of the shoe, calks, said calks being provided with inner and outer faces, said outer faces being provided with upwardly and inwardly extending hook members adapted to engage within the said recesses upon thy er and upper portion of said shoe,th H181 faces of said calks terminating short the inner edge of the said shoe, a plate of uniform thickness provided at one end with a hook' It will portion adapted to engage within said inner shoe provided upon its periphery and outer portion of the upper facethereof with notches, the inner edge of the said upper face being also provided with oppositely disposed notches, vertical walls in the said upper face of the said shoeof the same curvature thereof and spaced inwardly from the opposite edges to limit the inward extent of the said notched portions, the said. notched portions being limited in their longitudinal extent by vertical in; wardly converging end walls, calks, said .callcs being provided with inner and outer faces, said outer face being provided with an upwardly and inwardly extending hook member, the upwardly extending portion of said hook member being of the same dimension as and adapted to engage within the said notch in the periphery of said shoe, while the inwardly extending hook portion is provided with a curved outer edge and outwardly converging sides to fit snugly Within the notched portion in the upper face of said shoe, the inner face of said calk terminating SllOI'b of the inner edge of said shoe, a plate of uniform thickness provided at one end with a hook portion having a eoncaved outer face and diverging end walls adapted to engage in. the said notch in the inner upper face of said shoe, said plate being of such thickness as to engage the inner face of said calk when in position upon the shoe, and screws for holding said plate in position upon said callt, substantially as described.

I In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' FRANK SNYDER. Witnesses M. F. JAMnsoN, T. l /l. BOLVIN.

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